Diocese of Pinsk
Pinsken(sis) Latinorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pinsk, Belarus
Latin-rite diocese in southern Belarus covering the Brest and Gomel regions. Erected 28 October 1925 from the then Diocese of Minsk and today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pinsk.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1925
- Latin
- Pinsken(sis) Latinorum
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001002606
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,825
- Population
- 3,110,000
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 959
- Extent
- 72,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antoni Dziemianko
- Born
- 1 January 1960
- Birthplace
- Zabrodzie-Derevno
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk stands in Pinsk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Minsk-Mohilev
A suffragan of Minsk-Mohilev.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Minsk-MohilevMinsk-Mohilev
- Diocese of GrodnoGrodno
- Diocese of VitebskVitebsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in Belarus, Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) belongs as a suffragan to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev. Its cathedral, in the episcopal see of Pinsk, holds the rank of minor basilica: the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].